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Korean Youth Loses $200,000 in investment

Laguna — Sun, 10 Sep 2023 21:32:44 +0800

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I just got friendzoned

Laguna — Tue, 04 Apr 2023 13:00:42 +0800

I have been chatting with this girl on cmb and managed to get her out on a date. She was quite nervous herself and I did the talking a lot. Thought it went well and tried to follow her up on movies the topic DnD. Got totally ignored about it and when I did push her to tell her how did the date went on. She said we could be exercise buddy and she doesn't see me as someone who is compatible with her.

I am not local in Selangor i come from other states so I am still new to this place and been trying to expand my comfort zone. Does girl get turned off that I am not adventurous myself ? I haven't slept since yesterday and my mind isn't at a right place. I feel extremely sad inside.

How to tell a date I am not the person for her ?

Laguna — Sun, 05 Mar 2023 23:49:30 +0800

nvm i will bear the consequences... close topic

Clueless on how date in my 30s

Laguna — Tue, 01 Mar 2022 23:20:05 +0800

Hi I am just typing this out to seek advise. I will hit 35 this year and I am a 35 year old virgin with zero relationship with the opposite sex or any relationship with any girls and I have been single for my rest of my life didn't go on a date with any girls in my life before. I recently have only started trying out my options on tinder/bumble/cmb but I have found some cases where I just got ghosted. I am not that great at texting and some how I couldn't hold a conversation that will keep the girls interested. Usually I will have be the one doing talking and after that radio silence from their end they don't ask me any questions from their end.

I don't really have a large circle of friend and I have only 1 or 2 that is still willing to talk to me. You can blamed that on me for not nurturing or fostering relationship with friends.

Dating apps experience and facebook dating for me

Tinder -

1) a lady at age 40 keeps on matched me (verified tick on her profile) and is just playing around with me. She rarely ask any questions answers quite late

2) vietnam girl was leading on to go out for a coffee. I gave her my time which I am free and she just ghosted me after that. I cried a bit about it. I get hurt easily.

Bumble - same goes with bumble got a match but I could ask questions tried to ask for a voice call she refuses says she works in accountancy and she do calls everyday and is tired of talking.

CMB - same girl from bumble matched me. Gave me a tip saying not to tell dating matches that I am a bad texter and also not to mention to anyone that I have never dated before. She said she won't go out with me because she says that she will be doing all the talking and it will be one sided.

Facebook dating - I have got some matches and it's either they look too good to be true. I still can't hold a conversation to some of them. Some random girl matched me immediately ask to go to a location which is a red flag for me doesn't even want to voice call.

I have deleted all three application and facebook dating because of catfish and because I feel like it's not working ( could be my texting game is just bad)

I am not really a sociable person and usually I would rather be in my room but I blame it on my shy nature and I have the fear that I actually might be forever alone till I reach my golden age. I am still kind of new to this. Is it okay to approach a lady randomly in the mall or is this a bad thing. What kind of social setting which is actually more positive for this kind of interaction and is there any tip that can be provided where can I actually I go to meetup with people to make new connection doesn't have to be dating. I would like to hear some advise on it.

What is the do's and don't. How do I not appear to ladies that I will not be a creep and make them feel disgust at me ?

Long story for why I didn't try approaching anyone during my university. I am a law drop out technically wasted years (3) of my life on it and decided to jump back to IT and graduate at the age of 26. I don't really have social skills and the looks due to my weight at 120kg but I have been trying my best to exercise lately to reduce it and managed to reduce it about 115kg. I was into competitive counter strike as my past time so any social skills that I could have been build during my young adults years was gone to my computer screen.

It took a lot of courage for me to go reaching out on people on dating apps, talking to strangers as I am socially awkward guy. I don't seem friendly and even my colleagues do comment that I don't smile. I do feel that there is hope for me If I keep trying my best. I hope anyone here could provide me some advise on my situation and I would like to glad to hear it. Lastly if things might not work out and I might be forever alone I think i would go become a monk or something.

Would It be much better for me to go to a dating agency and if so what are my chances ?

PC shutdowns when unplugged headphone jacks

Laguna — Mon, 12 Jul 2021 15:29:36 +0800

I have a computer casing that it is from 2016 and have changed the mobo to amd. Recently a few months ago whenever I started unplugging my headphone jack from the front panel of my casing. Windows started shutting down itself. Any ideas what could be the issue. I have thought of getting a new casing. I am hoping my motherboard is not causing the issue.

Need help Rashes on Private Part

Laguna — Fri, 31 Jul 2020 20:53:27 +0800

Hi Guys,

Recently on June 22 2020 I discovered rashes on my penis head once I retract the fore skin. I could see rashes and weird spots on the skin. I went to the gp three times and he gave me antibiotic creams and tablet and the rashes came and go for one week and then it came back.

GP then asked to soak my private part with potassium permanganate .... My private part skin started to tear and blood started to come out from skin. This is the time I straight away went to SJMC to see the dermatologist.

Initially he diagnosed me as having herpes and was prescribed with zovirax and corticosteroid cream. It was at this time my skin had pus and I had to wash it with saline water before applying the steroid cream.

After that it all started to look good and I was asked to stop applying the steroid cream and take high dosage of corticosteroid pills. This is when I started realizing the rashes started appearing back on my skin and there were white patches appearing on my penis skin.

Doctor then suspect it is a fungus and I am currently applying anti fungal cream on the area. However I do noticed that there is a small white patch and red spots that looks like fungus today just appeared again.

Can please advise to me what should I do next if these conditions doesn't improve and my rashes still remain ? Should I go see another dermatologist for a second opinion.

Can probably recommend me a specialist to take a look at the issues i am facing now . I am worried as this is the first time I am having this issue. I had no sexual intercourse with anyone during the whole mco period.

Is my immune system compromised ?

WTS Second Hand Lawbook *

Laguna — Mon, 16 Mar 2015 23:15:41 +0800

Smith and Hogan Criminal Law 12th edition for RM 40
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Constitutional & Administrative law by Hillarie Barnett Rm 40
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Pictures

Payment Cash on Delivery

Meeting point Setia city Mall

Android App timer

Laguna — Wed, 08 Oct 2014 14:48:26 +0800

Hi I am a new to android developing and I am wondering if there is chances that an app like this can work . So for example the user selects application from his phone for example candy crush and from there sets a timer 5minutes , 10 minutes which the user can choose and if once the timer expires the user will be notified that they have spend that certain amount of time on the application . I am currently doing this for a project of my own and I have no idea where i should start although I am learning from the basics of building simple apps like a timer.

Any comments about the app is it possible to build it on android ?

Mouse usb not detected

Laguna — Sat, 10 May 2014 12:37:08 +0800

Hi I am currently on Windows 7 and suddenly today my pc doesn't detect the mouse or any usb devices however my old ps2 keyboard is still functional. Currently I am trying to reinstall the windows 7 and see if it is working . How can I solve this problem ?

Edit : Reinstalling windows 7 does not fix the problem and when I tried installing the motherboard driver the pc automatically shuts down it self.....

Linked List Insertion Sort

Laguna — Sun, 01 Sep 2013 23:13:19 +0800

Hello everyone on the forum I am trying to do a linked list Insertion Sort and currently I have tried to implement it but every time I try to run the sort it just hangs at the while loop is there something wrong with what I am doing ?.

CODE

void SortData(Node *&head)
{

int order;

int tempid,tempbookisbn,tempbookAmount;
string tempname, tempbookname,tempbookauthor;

cout<<"Choose the order the value is to be sorted (DES/ASSEN) 1 for Desc or 2 for Ascending :";
cin>>order;

Node* current1;
Node* current2;
current1=current2=head;

if(head==NULL) //checking that linked list have nodes or
{
cout<<"\n\n\n\t\tSORRY! there is no node in the linked list"<<endl;
}//ending if

else
{
if(order==1)
{
while(current1!=NULL)
{
while(current2->next!=NULL) // check if current next is not null
{
if(current2->id > current2->next->id)
{
tempid=current2->id;
current2->id=current2->next->id;
current2->next->id=tempid;

tempname=current2->name;
current2->name =current2->next->name;
current2->next->name=tempname;

tempbookisbn=current2->bookisbn;
current2->bookisbn=current2->next->bookisbn;
current2->next->bookisbn=tempbookisbn;

tempbookname=current2->bookname;
current2->bookname=current2->next->bookname;
current2->next->bookname=tempbookname;

tempbookauthor=current2->bookauthor;
current2->bookauthor=current2->next->bookauthor;
current2->next->bookauthor=tempbookauthor;

tempbookAmount=current2->bookAmount;
current2->bookAmount=current2->next->bookAmount;
current2->next->bookAmount=tempbookAmount;

}//
current2=current2->next;
}
current2= head;
current1=current1->next;
}//ending outer while
}//ending if(order==DES)

else if(order==2)
{
while(current1!=NULL)
{
while(current2->next!=NULL) //check if current next is not null
{
if(current2->id < current2->next->id)
{

tempid=current2->id;
current2->id=current2->next->id;
current2->next->id=tempid;

tempname=current2->name;
current2->name =current2->next->name;
current2->next->name=tempname;

tempbookisbn=current2->bookisbn;
current2->bookisbn=current2->next->bookisbn;
current2->next->bookisbn=tempbookisbn;

tempbookname=current2->bookname;
current2->bookname=current2->next->bookname;
current2->next->bookname=tempbookname;

tempbookauthor=current2->bookauthor;
current2->bookauthor=current2->next->bookauthor;
current2->next->bookauthor=tempbookauthor;

tempbookAmount=current2->bookAmount;
current2->bookAmount=current2->next->bookAmount;
current2->next->bookAmount=tempbookAmount;

}//
current2=current2->next;
}
current2=head;
current1=current1->next;
}//ending outer while
}
cout<<"\n\n\n\t\t\tNodes have been sorted.";
}//ending else

}

What is wrong with my desktop ?

Laguna — Sun, 13 Jan 2013 03:57:13 +0800

I am a owner of a pc I bought back in 2009 and sadly I must say I didn't maintain this pc properly . It has happen a few time already in the past where the pc will just lockup during gaming and now it will just crash immediately and will have blue screen of death . I have install CPU ID - CPU Z and run the program to figure out what is wrong however It's not enough and I am willing to send it to the pc shop to figure what is wrong but If you guys can help me out with my problem or at least Identify what is wrong with it .

Problems : If the comps hang than some times when I restart the application I install previously will disappear, My desktop window time will also go hay wire after the comp is able to restart .

Below is attached of my report on my pc from CPU ID - CPU Z

making a student record system

Laguna — Sun, 02 Sep 2012 14:09:58 +0800

Hi I am a new to C++ and I am suppose to create a student record system using struct the system should be able to add,delete,modify and display . So far I have only been able to get to this stage . I am having problem when calling a function to add the records it says stud is not declared in the scope .

CODE

#include<iostream>
#include <string>
#include<cstdlib>
#include <vector>
using namespace std;

struct student
{
string name[150];
string faculty[150];
int id[150];
string course[150];
int i; //acts as counter variable
void add_Record();
void display_Record();
void delete_Record();
void modify_Record();
};

// start of menu function
int menu(void)

{
int choice = 0;
while(choice ==0)
{

system("cls");
cout << "\t\t==== STUDENT RECORD SYSTEM ====";
cout << "\n \t\t\t 1. Add Records";
cout << "\n \t\t\t 2. Delete Records";
cout << "\n \t\t\t 3. Modify Records";
cout << "\n \t\t\t 4. Display Records"<<endl;
cout << "\t\t Select Your Choice :=> ";

cin >>choice;
}
return choice;
}

//To add Record
stud add_Record()
{

int i=0;
system("cls");

cout << "Enter Name : ";

cin >> stud[i].name;

cout << "Enter Faculty : ";

cin >> stud[i].faculty;

cout << "Enter Student ID : ";

cin >> stud[i].id;

cout << "Enter Student Course : ";

cin >> stud[i].course;

return;

}

//Program Entry Point
int main()
{
vector <student> list(10);
int choice = 0;

struct student stud;
stud.i=0;//initialise counter variable i

bool quit = false;
while(quit == false)
{

choice = menu();

switch(choice)

{
case 1 :

stud.add_Record();
break;

case 2 :
stud.delete_Record();
break;

case 3:
stud.modify_Record();
break;

case 4:
stud.display_Record();
break;

case 5 :

exit(0);
break;

default:
cout << "Not a valid choice.\n"
<< "Choose again.\n";

string input;
cout<<"Do you want to quit? [yes/no]";
cin>>input;
{

if (input == "yes")
{
quit = true;
}

}

}
system("pause");

}
return 0;
}

Cant port forward on dlink DSL-2640B

Laguna — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 18:03:12 +0800

Recently I wanted to play starcraft again and I have already done the following portforward on here

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but still when i check it on port checkerit gives me that port 6112 has time out . I have no idea what went wrong in the port forwarding process.

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[Interview] Linda "Pikachu" Liao

Laguna — Thu, 11 Nov 2010 00:48:59 +0800

Taiwanese star Linda Liao recently won first place as champion for ESL SC2 Female Cup. She recently accepted an interview from Blizzard Entertainment Taiwan:

* She's currently diamond rank #1 in her diamond division, not sure about sc2rank...
** Updated from proper English translation release by official Blizzard Entertainment Taiwan

(she isn't prettiest anyway but she can play sc2)

Q: A lot of StarCraft fans from around the world are very curious about you, please give us a short introduction of yourself!

A: I was born in Taiwan and went to school in Canada. Really enjoyed performing arts so I took a lot of time going through vocal training and dance practices. I had planned to engage into the entertainment business as soon as I graduated from University so I utilized any time I had during my winter/summer vacations to audition in Taiwan. Being the only girl in the family besides my mom (2 brothers), I didn’t spend much time with Barbie dolls, I was more intrigued by Legos, robots, dinosaurs and 4wd etc. Toured many continents around the world as a choirgirl growing up. Played on the school’s team throughout my junior and senior high school years for both volleyball and basketball. Gaming wise, I play all sorts of games RTS RPG, and love my portable gaming gear as well because I travel a lot.

Q: What kind of experiences do you have with the original StarCraft?

A: I got into StarCraft just before college. I took some computer science classes as an elective, and as you know, nerds love gaming I would force myself to finish off my assignments early, memorize my dance choreographies ASAP just to buy more gaming hours. One of the craziest things that I did was probably being too addicted to the game to a point where I would simply sleep in my chair and would not part from my computer except for washroom breaks.

Q: Did you also use Protoss in the original StarCraft?

A: Yeah, I was a toss player in SC1 so toss was a natural choice in SC2 when I got the game. All races are so unique and it’s quite time-consuming to really get to know one race and exploit it well.

Q: What is it about StarCraft that attracts you?

A: Real Time Strategy games like Starcraft are really exciting. It not only requires technical skills, at the same time it also drains a lot of your brain juice. I really enjoyed watching other people’s RPs and developing my own strategies at the same time. It’s motivating to always game with a new build order or experiment with newly patched settings to come up with even more possibilities. Mainly I just enjoy playing the game and I also enjoy the fact that sometimes a smart move can make a twisting comeback, always fight till the last minute.

Q: What unit do you miss the most from the original StarCraft?
A: I kinda miss Reavers. They used to be one of my favorite units. For those SC1 players, reaver drops must sound familiar. I’d try to do clever drops to really damage the opponent’s economy and non-stop harass after that. It’s fun watching the reavers moving so slow yet do such incredible damage. (<3 she is a sc1 player too )

Q: Why did you decide to pick the ID “Pikachu”?

A: I gamed as Pikachu for SC1, so I just went along with this name for SC2, can’t recall why I chose it in the first place.

Q: If you were a StarCraft II unit, which one would it be?

A: I think I probably relate myself as a sentry summoned hallucinated colossi, can look intimidating at times but really no harm

Q: Zerg: Gross or cute?

A: I love zergs! Especially when I see a bunch of banelings rolling around, so cute!

Q: Which matchup (PvP, PvT, PvZ) are you the most comfortable with and which one do you think you need to improve the most?

A: I don’t really have a most confident matchup since all races are quite powerful and it really depends on your opponent’s units and strategies then come up with a countering strategy in each battle. Strategies can be really different depending on the maps as well. Maps with smaller and narrower ramps are easier to defend but then at the same time hard to penetrate through. I would have to say perhaps PvP are the battles that I find more intimidating simply because I know protoss the best and know more possibilities, the more you know the more complicated it gets.

Q: Does you especially dislike a certain race (Terran or Zerg) or is there are certain unit that you really enjoy destroying?

A: I love all the races, seeing ‘gg’s on my screen makes my day

Q: What is your favorite Protoss unit quote?

A: “Khassar'Detemplari”! (High Templar)

Q: Who do you usually play with?

A: Family, friends and the players who are battling it out on BattleNet every day.

Q: What is your favorite strategy or unit combination to use?

A: I like mixing units as a basic build, and do adjustments based on scouting information. Compositions of funny walking immortals, sentries, zealots and stalkers etc. If the game drags on, I’d get some high tech units, like high templars, colossus, void rays etc but of course it really depends on what your opponent is doing. Of course at times, a few dark templars can do the trick XD.

Q: From the time you released your first replay, you improved at an incredible pace, reaching 1v1 diamond level in only a couple months time, can you share with us how you trained?

A: The first RPs casted the infant Pikachu, now Pikachu has grown up, lol. Women can’t resist Diamonds, I wasn’t paying much attention on gaming skills, getting these glittering diamonds to my profile page was the primary goal XD.

Q: What do you think about the current balance situation of StarCraft II? Do you think there are any units that should be buffed or nerfed?

A: Being able to warp in colossii sounds like a good idea

Q: What advice can you give to new players who find it difficult to get the hang of StarCraft II?

A: Offense is the best defense!

Q: How do you balance gaming, work, and life in general?

A: There is no balance. I do not sleep.

Q: How do you think StarCraft II could be improved as it is right now?

A: Nothing really. This is already the best game ever.

Q: Do you also play the single player campaign?

A: Not really familiar with the story mode, I just started gaming on the ladder right away.

Q: Many male players after seeing you play so well think, “Wow, if only my girlfriend could play StarCraft II with me…”. Do you have any advice for recommending StarCraft II to girls?

A: 9BE, 12BG…with extra strength whitening effect! ; )
(Note: In Taiwan and most countries in Asia a lighter or “whiter” skin tone is considered to be desirable as opposed to being “tanned”, therefore if you stay in playing StarCraft you will be paler.)

Q: What was your reaction when you heard about the ESL SCII Goes Female Cup? Did you hesitate or want to sign-up right away?

A: I was thinking about entering a tournament before I knew about this cup. So when the news hit me, I just signed up for it.

Q: What was going through your mind before the first match of the tournament? Were you nervous?

A: 1st games are always a bit nerve racking, thought about applying different strategies before the tournament. Competing in tournaments is very different from doing ladder games, especially when the game setting is BO1 with all the games except the finals. I gamed a few before the tournament in order to adjust to a more suitable build that can defend off of the early pushes or unorthodox strategies. I had a lot of possibilities in my head but then when countdown finished, as my probes started to mine, I just immediately switched to game mode. To be honest, I was more nervous watching my own RP after the tournament.

Q: In the second game of the finals match your opponent (Czeck player DJena) snuck a probe into the back of your base and built a proxy pylon to warp in Zealots. What did you think when you saw it, and looking back aside from discovering it sooner is there anything else you think you could have done to stop it?

A: I was too careless that game, didn’t even scout my base parameters especially on this map. I would usually build my 3rd or 4th pylon by the backdoor on Blistering sands to eliminate any surprise attacks. Yeah, I was just too sloppy that game.

Q: In the last game of the finals match you used a well placed force field to trap your opponent’s forces on the ramp, taking many of them out. When your army was marching across the map for the counter-attack did you feel that the game was yours? How did it feel to see that “gg” and know that you had won the championship?

A: I was the one who chose the 3rd map, wanted a smaller map because I assumed my opponent would push early in the game. The ramp at home is quite small and narrow so sentries can be put into effective use. Having cut her forces and outnumbered advantage, I just countered right away without thinking. I was actually still warping units after the opponent had said “gg”, winning the tournament didn’t really hit me till after I got out of the game and started reading congratulations messages in the chat room. Looking at the final tournament tree was when I got quite emotional and realized that I had won.

Q: During the ESL tournament did you have any chance to interact with the other players? Is there one of your opponents that made an impression on you?

A: I met this player Laejten in the final 8 match, she told me that she’s a friend of TLO's and that TLO had told her Pikachu is probably the only player she can’t beat in this tournament. Wow, that was kinda cool.

Q: For the ESL SCII Goes Female tournament you had to play from about 2am to 5am, how did you keep your focus and not get sleepy?

A: I had a lot of coffee before the tournament to stay awake, but once in game mode my energy level just shot through the roof!

Q: After the tournament ended on Monday morning you posted the good news on your Facebook page and created quite a stir, even pro players like Canadian Huk and fellow Taiwanese Sen personally congratulated you, how did it feel to receive some much support and blessings?

A: I was very touched to see everyone’s congratutions! I am nowhere near Huk and Sen level! I’m gonna just continue to work hard on this game!

(GUYS REMEMBER TO SUPPORT pIkachuSSSS)

Q: The Taiwanese community has given you the title of “Protoss Queen” (With SEn being Taiwan’s Zerg King), what do you think of the name? Does it give you any pressure?

A: Actually I was thinking about giving Terran a try, hmm…

Q: Is there anything you’d like to say to the global StarCraft community?

A: Thank you everyone for your support, and once again: Offense is the best defense!

Laptor adapter just went dead...

Laguna — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 01:09:52 +0800

Was surfing through some document and suddenly my hp laptop model cq40 just turn off by it self . So i tried putting in the battery and it was able to switch it on without the adapter . Which makes me conclude that the adapter was the problem . Now my problem is I have never encounter or actually thought my adapter could die on me so easily compared to a PSU . I am just wondering if i could seek assistance at the hp center in lowyat plaza will they have spare parts for the said model of mine ??? .

Thanks.

Gretech speaks up about negotiations

Laguna — Sat, 16 Oct 2010 17:45:38 +0800

Source: http://www.fomos.kr/board/board.php?mode=r...111189&db=issue

It's a long post, so bear with me.

---------------------------------------------------------

Gretech has announced their stance in regards to the recent, problematic IP rights negotiations.

GomTV has posted "IP rights negotiations and GomTV's stance" through GSL community homepage in 16th. Right now, there has been a lot of interest in what Gretech will do from now on, after the announcement of Shinhan Proleague 10-11 season.

Gretech stated, "To this day, we have been very careful in what we state in open, but it appears our silence is causing more confusion for the fans. So today, we are going to state our stance in the IP rights negotiations currently in progress."

GomTV has denied the opinion that they wish to wholly own and control the license to Blizzard games. GomTV said, "The goal is to further increase the size of e-sports, as well as to make it more active through our involvement. To do this, it is important to create a strong relations with the players, teams, other broadcasting stations, and other partners, not just GomTV's own tournaments."

GomTV continued, "Our ultimate goal, is to provide a way to enjoy e-sports broadcast for those who enjoy StarCraft the most in the world, Korean gamers."

We also confirmed their stance in the IP rights negotiations. GomTV started by stating the IP rights and its protection worldwide, "GomTV is not looking to take just the money from Korea e-sports scene through the license. It's to protect the IP rights, which is a very important right for the content businesses, as well as their right to keep it."

GomTV also revealed some of their requests. GomTV said, "It is not normal to openly reveal all of the negotiation and what we requested, but to relieve of all the misunderstanding, we will use the following requests. They are same for all e-sports groups interested in StarCraft tournaments and broadcasting."

GomTV has said the following for their negotiation requirements:

First is the fees. GomTV stated, 'Each tournaments will cost 1 won (ed. That's not a mistranslation, it really said 1 won), and broadcasting fee is 100 million won'. The reason for the broadcasting fee is to have only the corporations who are capable planning a high-quality e-sports tournaments, broadcasting, and provide high-quality broadcast for the players and the viewers. In addition, GomTV stated, 'For this Proleague, we plan to donate all of the negotiation fees to a scholarship entity.'.

The re-negotiation, assuming in good faith, is once every year, and the rights to the broadcasting materials are 50:50. As for the IP, "We are trying to say that license is needed to broadcast games, and acknowledge that Blizzard owns IP rights to all Blizzard games."

As for the sub-licensing, "With this right, the rights holder will be able to select and negotiate a broadcasting station for a tournament or leagues. GomTV has the right to assign the sub-licensees, but we will not abuse it." At this point, GomTV stated, "For Proleague only, we are willing to allow OGN and MBCGame to broadcast without any additional negotiations."

Also, GomTV stated that whoever has the sub-license will be holding onto entirety of sponsorship money, and has revealed that they can state how to use GomTV logo, StarCraft logo, and Blizzard logo to be used in tournaments and broadcasts.

Lastly, GomTV said, "Through this article, we hope it has alleviated some of the worries and curiosity of the fans. GomTV's doors are always open to anyone who would want to cooperate for the e-sports business."

(I omitted long original article posted at GomTV website)

Coursey of TL.Net

Negotiation break down between blizzard and korea

Laguna — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 17:43:15 +0800

Note: This is a translation of a blog entry.

Someone posted a snippet of a blog post on PGR21.com, of a guy who posted a first person account of a meeting between Mike Morhaime and the Department of Culture's vice Minister. Due to its sensitive nature, the blog post was quickly deleted by the writer. However, small portions were recoverable by using search engines, and me being a curious little bugger google searched everyline and used the preview to recover the entire post 8)

Gives you a little bit of an idea of what's truly going on, huh

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Rough Translation:

"The Government Shouldn't be shaken by Blizzard" -

Last Month, Blizzard's President Mike Morhaime met with the Vice Minister of Korean Department of Culture. The related articles were published saying "A Warm, Accepting Atmosphere", "Promise to continue negotiating", "Progress Seen", but reality was a little, no, a lot different.

As soon as they met, Mike Morhaime started "protesting", exclaiming "Korea isn't following international rules, huh!" "What are you gonna do about people not respecting intellectual property rights!!!". The Vice Minister of course responded angrily, saying "Who do you think you are to say these things to the Minister? You're just a president of an ordinary corporation!!!" [T/N: lines are said in a much angrier tone on statements from both MM and Minister]. orz....

So the people around recovered the demolished atmosphere and disbanded after agreeing to talk about next time, but the dominating viewpoint that Blizzard has already given up any hopes of being able to negotiate with Korea. KeSPA has offered money to settle rather late (3~500 million won), but Blizzard didn't even flinch, and yesterday there was people talking about "GSL may be going overseas...".

Personally I think they have no reason to stay when it's now certain that they're looked upon scornfully especially when they have to fight against the Government, but after looking at the statement said by the opposing party, I was reminded of when Blizzard vented "You guys are going too far just because we're a foreign company" orz... I'm reminded of the materials released yesterday about how China is buying a lot of Korean companies and how China's gaming industry is invading Korea, and as always, I think the comedy is continuing.

About President MM... It's something he won't hear even if he meets Obama, so because he just had a very unique experience he will never have again, he should be satisfied with that? (huh?)

Apparently the Government's stance is that while the game isn't communal property, it's hard to see it as a completely private property, according to this guy's follow up posts.

WCG 2010 replays for Brood war

Laguna — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 22:18:37 +0800

http://down.wfbrood.com/sc/rep/wcg2010_SC.rar

http://reps.ru/replays.php?replay=comment&id=15368

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=1G0EIK6D

Missing Jaedong vs Flash replay Gd Luck Have FUn.!

[News] Update on Gretech/Kespa Negotiations

Laguna — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 20:43:09 +0800

Source: http://www.fomos.kr/board/board.php?mode=r...=1&field=&kwrd=

So it seems like we have 2 weeks left until Proleague kicks off, yet both sides have not come to an agreement.

The large factor in this disagreement was MBC's Bigfile MSL and STX Masters Cup. Although Gretech allowed everyone to broadcast Starcraft matches until August, OGN has come to an agreement for Starleague Season 2. On the other hand, MBC used the period and ended all leagues before September, avoiding legal issues. Gretech is not happy about this.

Gretech has stated that OGN has the rights to broadcast Proleague and OSL with small fee, but they are not willing to offer the same for MBC. Since MBC has ignored to negotiate with Gretech, Gretech said 'NO' to MBC Game. They want the games to be broadcasted outside of MBC.

Guess what? Kespa denied the offer in the 6th meeting, simply because they were going with the idea of 'Proleague needs to be aired on both the OGN and MBC Game.' Here's a big catch: Kespa offered Gretech 300,000,000 won (267332.10 dollars) for Proleague+OSL+MSL for a year.

Seems like this will be a hard battle, as Gretech will try not to provide an offer for MBC to broadcast Starcraft matches, while Kespa tries to get the rights for both stations to broadcast the games.

WCG-CEO: "SC:BW ... might be part of WCG 2011"

Laguna — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 23:28:08 +0800

Taken from liquid credits to the author Zul

fragster.de interviewed WCG-CEO Hyoung Seok Kim about several points regarding the World Cyber Games. Besides a bunch of interesting facts Mr. Kim gives some inside into the process of how WCG-Games are chosen and to a question related to Starcraft:Broodwar he says something that gives hope to all the broodwar-Fans out there.

fragster: Seems to be the last time, that Starcraft: Broodwar and Warcraft 3 are part of the WCG?

Hyoung Seok Kim: We haven't decided this yet. So Starcraft: Broodwar and Warcraft 3 might be part of WCG in the next year, there hasn't been made a decision yet. We select the new game titles every year and we announce this in an early time of a year. So as we have Starcraft II now, we should consider if we add SCII to SC:BW – or if we get Starcraft II only. We will start up our internal process, having opinions from the game community, having a poll on our website and gathering all information from gamers and the market. Then we decide, which game title will be an optional game title for the next year. So there is still the possibility to see Starcraft: Broodwar and Starcraft II together – or maybe only one of them. And Warcraft 3 ... might be continued.

You can read the whole interview http://www.fragster.de/artikel/17828/inter...cg-2011_events/

peace y0.